Word: jaspers
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...Jasper...
...with elephant dung and speckled with pornography. "Sanitation" champions artistic expression in the face of political interference, but it is no more and indeed far less than the sum of its parts-twelve Rubbermaid garbage cans surround a framed version of the First Amendment, while an altered version of Jasper Johns's interlocking "Three Flags" painting, with one flag's corner drooping limply, hangs in the background, next to six quotes by Giuliani and perennial anti-National Endowment for the Arts stalwarts Jesse Helms, Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson. The sound of soldiers marching can be heard emanating from...
...point of fragmentation, making it difficult to view the exhibit as a whole. The only exception to the excess of orthogonality is Haacke's diagonal placement of a framed copy of the First Amendment across the floor of the installation space. Had this object been better tied to Jasper Johns's down-turned flag, an interesting crucifixion motif might have been seen, with the twelve Rubbermaids as disciples, but as such this connection was barely noticeable...
Further excavations in the mid-1970s under the auspices of Parks Canada, the site's custodian, made it plain that this was most likely the place where Leif set up camp. Among the artifacts turned up: loom weights, another spindle whorl, a bone needle, jasper fire starters, pollen, seeds, butternuts and, most important, about 2,000 scraps of worked wood that were subsequently radiocarbon dated to between 980 and 1020--just when Leif visited Vinland...
Three days a week, year-round, the train travels between Vancouver and Toronto, stopping in Jasper, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. A Silver & Blue ticket, which costs from $747 to $2,128, includes sleeping accommodations, meals and exclusive use of the Park Car with its dome section and lounges (www.viarail.ca, 888-VIARail). --By Valerie Marchant...